Southern Saints

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Southern Saints
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Full nameSandringham Football Club
Nickname(s)Saints, Sainters
2023 season
Home-and-away season7th
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FoundedOctober 2017
Colours  Red
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Competition VFL Women's
CoachMichelle 'Alpha' Densley
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The Southern Saints are an Australian rules football club playing in the VFL Women's, the major state-level women's Australian rules football league in Victoria. It is affiliated with the Sandringham Football Club, which competes in the Victorian Football League. [1]

History

The Southern Saints entered the VFLW in 2018, after the Seaford Football Netball Club opted to transfer its licence to the St Kilda Football Club. [1]

In its first year, the club had an agreement with the Frankston Football Club. It finished 8th on the ladder at the end of the season. [2]

In 2019, St Kilda and its VFL affiliate, Sandringham, moved to co-manage the club. Since St Kilda entered the AFL Women's competition in 2020, Sandringham holds the Southern Saints team licence. [3]

The club's best season came in 2022, when it finished fifth on the home-and-away ladder. They lost in the grand final to Essendon, going down by 35 points. [4]

Before 2018, the St Kilda Sharks competed in the VFLW, and before that, in the now-defunct Victorian Women's Football League. [5]

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